Just as Reyansh heard the demand to hand over the Dungeon key, he imdiately spread his perception and blood sense to confirm the number of possible hostiles.
He sensed six hunters grouped together, one A-rank, two B-rank, three C-rank. The demand to hand over the dungeon key ca from this group.
However, at a distance a group of three made him raise his defense and beca alert. Two of the them were S-rank, he could sense they were as strong as Jai or maybe stronger. The last one was A-rank hunter.
When Reyansh turned back, two hunters from the group of six stepped ahead, walking towards Reyansh.
’Should I record this conflict? I won’t livestream but we can maybe upload this video as #afteredungeon video,’ Lyrielle suggested.
’Well record it, there tone and body language suggest, it really is going to be fun,’ Reyansh agreed as he stood with both hands in his pocket.
Both B-rank Hunters stood at little distance from Reyansh. One hunter, a girl in her late teens, had an axe on her back. While the other hunter, a boy in his late teens, had a broadsword on his back.
The boy spoke again, "This area cos in our guild jurisdiction. We were supposed to enter the gate but you beat us to it."
"And?" Reyansh responded.
"So, we have co to ask you to hand over the key of the dungeon in our area." The boy added.
"Boy, that sword must be very heavy," Reyansh stated it as fact.
"What do you an?" the boy narrowed his brows, trying to get the aning behind this unwanted sentence. The girl stayed silently, hearing the conversation.
"You had to put down your brain just to carry this sword, it must be very important to you," Reyansh answered casually.
"Do you think you are so tough?" the boy hand moved towards the handle of the sword.
"Oh, I fear for my life, what should I do now?" he mocked, "You guys neither introduced yourselves or your guild and are here trying to ask sothing that is rightfully mine," Reyansh spoke, a bit serious this ti.
"So, is it your personal idiocy or is that sothing collective in your guild?" he added.
"Mr. StarWalker, we are from Hundred Stars Guild, we are not here to cause problems. We are here to negotiate to get the rights of the dungeon," the girl finally spoke, trying to deescalate the situation.
"Well, at least soone knows a bit of courtesy. Give 15,000 Cosmic Coins and you can take this key," Reyansh stated his terms.
"Okay, we will....WHAT?" The girl eyes widened at Reyansh’s response.
"Do you think we are a joke?" the boy scoffed.
"No, jokes are supposed to be funny. You guys are just wasting my ti," Reyansh spoke, looking directly in his eyes.
"Mr. StarWalker, don’t you think your demand is a bit too much. A good Violet-rank gate goes for 8-10 thousand Cosmic Coins at max, a good gate." She retorted.
"I have stated my terms, you have two minutes to decide with your teammates," Reyansh gave an ultimatum.
The girl looked at StarWalker for an extra second then turned back towards her team.
"Raveena, why do we have to listen to this?" the boy spoke, irritated by Reyansh demand.
"Do nothing, I will talk to Vijay for a minute," she spoke as she left.
"Yeah, stay put," Reyansh teased. The boy could only grit his teeth in response.
’Boss, are you really going to sell this dungeon key?’ Lyrielle asked.
’Yeah, I am obviously not gonna raid it again. If it isn’t cleared regularly, dungeon break will occur. Then as a owner of the dungeon, I will be held liable for the damages and so much more bureaucratic nonsense.’ He replied.
’So, it’s best if I could give this away with profit,’ he added.
’Are you going to decrease the amount?’
’Maybe, that’s depends on how they respond to this first.’
Reyansh focused his senses on three people still standing at distance.
’Just who are they? If they were from the Council, they would already be here.’
’And the way they are standing, both S-rankers are behind ans the one standing ahead has so kind of positional value. Well, let’s see if they are here just for the show or sothing else?’
While he was thinking, he phone vibrated once. He took out his phone to check out the ssage.
ssage From: Miss Arpita
I have sothing to talk to you. Text when you will be free, I will send you details.
[Mark Read] [Reply]
’Hmm...what does she wants to talk about?’ he wondered.
’Is it sothing related to my identity?’ he thought for a few seconds but nothing ca to his mind. After checking out the ti, he replied.
ssage To: Miss Arpita
I will be available after 05:00 PM today.
A few second later, he got the reply. Just as he was about to check the ssage. The girl returned with A-rank hunter.
He put his phone aside for the mont and put his hands in his pocket again.
"Hello, Mr. StarWalker, my na is Vijay Kumar. I am vice-guildmaster at Hundred Stars Guild. Thank you for your ti," he extended his hand for a handshake.
Reyansh raised his brows internally at the response, he coated his hands in his ntal energy before shaking his hand.
"So, what decision did you reach?" Reyansh asked.
"First of all, sorry for the conduct o my guild mber." Vijay apologized.
"Don’t worry, there are always one or two loose cannons." Reyansh accepted.
"Before we proceed further, could I know the loot you obtained after killing the Drake?" Vijay asked.
"Rare rank scales and Uncommon rank skill book."
Vijay thought for a mont, then replied.
"12,000 Cosmic Coins and we would also like to buy all the corpses at a market price." Vijay proposed.
Reyansh remained silent for few seconds before answering.
"Well, you seem smart and I have no importance of the key. So we can have a deal but I have a term too. You have to pay in form of donation on my channel." Reyansh presented his term.
’Well done, boss. Can we talk about that week long buffer period?’ Lyrielle shared his thoughts, Reyansh didn’t responded and just smiled.
Vijay and other two behind had a confused look for a mont before Vijay agreed.
"We agree, should I draw up the contract?"
Before Reyansh could agree Raveena whispered sothing in Vijay’s ears.
"Before we finalize our deal, could I know about the skill book and if you are interested in selling it?" he asked.
Reyansh took out the skill book and threw it towards Vijay, "Here, take a look, it’s suitable for tank type hunter."
Vijay checked the skill book for a few seconds then responded.
"We’ll take it, 3,000 Cosmic Coins," he offered.
"4,000 Cosmic coins, non-negotiable," Reyansh insisted.
"You drive a hard bargain, Mr. StarWalker. I am drawing up the contract." Vijay agreed.
"Okay, sure. I’ll be around, call when it’s ready," Reyansh replied.
Reyansh turned sideways, he checked the three hunters at the distance with his blood sense. They were still watching towards him.
’What do you think Lyri? Why are they here? And watching intently,’ Reyansh asked.
’I don’t know, go and ask them,’ she answered.
’Well, good idea, let’s do that,’ Reyansh agreed.
He activated the Astral Step skill, not for disappearing, instead he looked towards the side where the three hunters stood still, few black spots appeared around them, locations where Reyansh could teleport.
He chose the spot in front of the girl standing ahead. Just as he decided, he blinked from his position, appearing in front of the girl and two more hunters behind her.
The sudden appearance threw them off, both hunters stepped further, trying to safeguard the girl they were supposed to protect.
"Hello, how can I help you?" Reyansh asked, ignoring their bewildered faces.
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